Retail or OEM: Does anyone know if the 2TB drives here are shipped Retail or OEM packaging?
34418
I ordered the 1TB for a friend a few months ago and I'm pretty sure it came in retail packaging. I would guess 2TB would come Retail too.
326667
I ordered from Amazon directly - no third party. The bad inner box was due to Seagate. The bad outer box was due to Amazon.
803031
NOT from this seller - I checked both serial numbers on Seagates Warranty Validation page and see "The product you identified was sold as a system component. Please contact your place of purchase for service."I have a failed drive, and no response from the seller - can't send it back to Seagate.. uh oh.
903685
It's the complete package. What you see in the pictures is what you get. Incredibly well packaged drive with screws. Very, very pleased. I purchased two for a Raid 1 setup.
2214281
No, the drive is sealed of course. Bare means it comes without the retail packaging which includes all the cables and screws etc. If you have that stuff anyway, a bare drive which is just the drive is the better deal. The retail packaging costs extra money.
1128924
That raises the question: What is the "proper packaging" for this drive? And the corollary question: How do you know it when you see it? What I do know is that mine has worked without a qualm since I bought it.
555344
The ones being fulfilled by Amazon are not factory new, and different sellers would have different warranties probably ending at 30 days.These are used drives that may have been mechanically refurbished (mine wasn't physically repaired but it had been used).
326665
I purchased two ST31000528AS 1TB Seagate hard drives and the drives were shipped in an over-sized box with minimal air paks for padding. The pair of drives had no packaging other then the anti-static bags, they were just lose in this over-sized box so they could bang into each other all the way to my house. The plastic anti-static packaging had holes in it from where the hard drives smash against each other while in transit.
326664
In October, my 7200.11 came packed in two black plastic end-caps suspending it inside a recycled cardboard box. Looks like Seagate standard; at least, it has their HDD model number label on the outside of the box. That should be fine for the drops from most shipping gorillas, but recycled D-flute crushes easier than virgin, so it ought to be inside a second box to ship. (My particular order happened to be inside another box with other items.) The black plastic caps seem like the same plastic as Other World uses to ship their finished-goods external drives.
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I just ordered six of these drives from Amazon with the part number shown here, and the shipper called to ask me "What type of warranty do you want?" I said, the drives already have a five year warranty so why would I want to purchase another warranty. They said, "No, these are OEM drives". Therefore, I believe the listing here is misleading and not accurate enough for a buyer to not believe they are getting a five year warranty. If you want the five year warranty from WD, then do not purchase the drive(s) on this listing/page.
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As M. says, this is the "retail storefront" package, blue box and all. Includes installation goodies as opposed to the brown-box "bare drive only" system one would buy at an OEM warehouse (or by accidentally clicking the wrong button here). ; )
862451
Nothing, just the hard drive itself. You want the Retail Kit version if you want the extra stuff like the Box.
1293162
They are likely OEM hard drives pulled from new or newer servers or computers. I bought one and it was an HP OEM WD drive with no warranty at all. I would use some caution buying these drives...
300348
They never show the back cover of the drive in the photos - no wonder there is so much confusion. Open the drive and the warranty is void. They shipped SEALED from the atmosphere, be sure of that.
457111
My drive arrived the same way and i can tell you that there was no problems with it. It was still in good condition and works perfectly fine. Hope this helped.
1511969
Hi it's a bit confusing, and hard to figure out who you are ordering from on these drives. Did not buy mine from Oceanside. Might want to look at similar drives from Fry's. They have the full warranty.
888551
I don't know which it is but, the unit I got was packaged in just a plain box, not the way you would expect a retail device. The drive worked fantastic though.